6 German
Gracia Bradshaw
5. Bring yarn to front in order to purl next and following stitches as usual while keeping the tension
on the slipped stitch.
The arrows point to the two legs of the sl1^ just made, the Right Needle is purling the following stitch.
Work to end of row and turn to work on RS.
This is great! I was reading some less clear instructions elsewhere that left me confused and frustrated. But your instructions and step-by-step pics make it crystal clear. Thanks so much. Now I can get back to the knitting. ?
This is wonderfully clear and the pictures are excellent. Thank you for posting this as I will be utilizing this for all my upcoming socks that have short rows that have left me with a feeling of less than perfection. I look forward to future posts.
This was very helpful even if not a video. It has been way too many years since I did any sophisticated projects so bear with me, please.
I am working on a shoulder. So I do the short stitch on both ends, slowing working my way to the center, right?
Again, thanks for you generous help!
I did a google search for DS German short row, as it was used in a pattern but gave no explanation. Thank goodness that you have these very clear instructions for this technique. You saved me a lot of frustration and guesswork.
In brief: No translation is necessary, really.
On the turning row the slipping/pulling is the same regardless of whether you are working on a purled or a knitted stitch.
On the following row as you work this double-legged stitch, you can purl or knit it (through both its legs) as you please.
This tutorial is so helpful. An issue I am having, though, in making my first pair of socks with German shirt rows, is that I keep finding dropped stitches when I come back to a spot where I have worked a ds. I think I have everything down about the technique EXCEPT working the ds properly. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?
Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial! It is by far the most clear and understandable one I have found for German short rows. My only frustration has been that my pattern wants me to make one at the beginning of a row and it has ended up looking sloppy. I also did not do well with the knitted side wrapping over the top but your photo and reply to a previous question/comment has taken care of that! Again, THANK YOU!!
Great tutorial! Thanks. In my pattern I am supposed, on the next RS row, to knit the wrapped stitch together with the next stitch, yo, then continue several more reps of [k2tog, yo,] to the next w & t. Do I start the intervening WS row with knitting my double stitch as one, or leave it unstitched until I do the next RS row and k3tog when I come to it? I think the former but need to be sure as I will need to do it more than 50 times
This is the clearest, simplest explanation of German short rows that I have EVER read! It really changed the experience of knitting them for me, into something pleasurable and not nerve-wracking. Thanks so much!
I am using a single ply fingering weight and the german short row stitches(which the pattern calls for) are very visible in my stockinette
sweater. Should they be invisible and not seen easily?
Thanks
Hello Julia!
Thank you for buying my book! Where are you seeing the Sl* symbol? In the eBook? Or in the individual PDF of the pattern (both digital versions are downloads via Ravelry and included with the printed book)? It is a sl1^ (with the hat symbol) and if you are not seeing it, my only guess is that it might be an illegitimate copy or some odd source?